3302.0.55.004 - Information Paper: Death registrations to Census linkage project - Methodology and Quality Assessment, 2011-2012

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Introduction
Background
Collection of Death registrations data for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Collection of Census data for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Data linking infrastructure
Linking software
Data security and Hardware
Number of record pairs and computing times, by pass number - 2006 and 2011
Data linking methodology
Standardisation
Standardisation processes applied to variables
Data quality (post-standardisation)
Blocking
Record pair comparison
m and u probabilities
Comparison functions
Decision Model
Quality Assurance of clerically reviewed record pairs
Linkage accuracy
Linkage results
Characteristics of linked and unlinked Death registrations
Reasons for unlinked Death registrations
Missing and/or inconsistent information
No Census Record
Raw and adjusted linkage rates
2006 and 2011 comparison
Raw and adjusted linkage rates by selected characteristics